Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall succeed me as king, and he shall sit on my throne’?
1 Kings 1:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not let your servants know who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Is this done by my lord the king and you have not shown your servants who shall succeed my lord the king? American Standard Version (1901) Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not showed unto thy servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? Common English Bible If this message was from my master the king, you didn’t make it known to your servant. Who should follow you on the throne of my master the king?” Catholic Public Domain Version Could this word have gone out from my lord the king, and could you not have revealed it to me, your servant, as to who would be seated upon the throne of my lord the king after him?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Is this word come out from my lord the king, and hast thou not told me thy servant who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? |
Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall succeed me as king, and he shall sit on my throne’?
But he did not invite me, your servant, and the priest Zadok, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon.
King David answered, “Summon Bathsheba to me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before the king.
When she came to the man of God at the mountain, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi approached to push her away, but the man of God said, “Let her alone, for she is in bitter distress; the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
When David was old and full of days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing, but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father.